Reptilia - Saurischia - Diplodocidae
Alternative combinations: Apatosaurus parvus, Elosaurus parvus
Full reference: O. A. Peterson and C. W. Gilmore. 1902. Elosaurus parvus: a new genus and species of the Sauropoda. Annals of Carnegie Museum 1:490-499
Belongs to Brontosaurus according to E. Tschopp et al. 2015
See also Carpenter and McIntosh 1994, Foster and Peterson 2016, Gilmore 1936, Hay 1930, Huene 1927, Kuhn 1939, McIntosh 1981, McIntosh 1990, Mook 1916, Moro et al. 2020, Peterson and Gilmore 1902, Silva Junior et al. 2017, Steel 1970, Tschopp et al. 2015 and Upchurch et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Brontosaurus excelsus, Brontosaurus giganteus, Brontosaurus yahnahpin
Type specimen: CM 566, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Carnegie Quarry E, Sheep Creek, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian lacustrine horizon in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (3: Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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